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Christine L. Long
Oct 14, 2009
Christine L. Long, 41, died Oct. 13, 2009, at her home. She was born June 16, 1968, the daughter of Richard D. and Julia Mae Conrad Foster. Survivors include: three sons; her mother and stepfather; one brother; and two sisters. She was preceded in death by her father. Her family will have a memorial service at a later date in...
James F. "Jim" Kimble
Oct 14, 2009
James F. "Jim" Kimble, 58, died Oct. 14, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 2, 1951, in Tanana, Alaska, the son of James A. and Elizabeth "Betty" Reiley Kimble. He was a graduate of West Anchorage High School, Anchorage, Alaska. He worked his way up from box boy to retire as manager of Lucky's Grocery,...
Ronald Dean "Noss" Hunt
Oct 13, 2009
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Ronald Dean "Noss" Hunt, 63, died Oct. 13, 2009, at Hospice House. He was born Sept. 11, 1946, in Hutchinson, the son of Cletis B. and Gladys M. Lee Hunt. He was a 1965 graduate of Buhler High School, Buhler. He was a disabled veteran, having served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam conflict. Survivors include:...
Thelma F. "Pokey" Howard
Oct 13, 2009
PAOLA - Thelma F. "Pokey" Howard, 76, died Oct. 13, 2009, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center, St. Francis Campus, Wichita. She was born March 23, 1933, in Fontana, to Robert and Mary Frances Vanderpete Howard. A resident of Paola for most of her life, she was a homemaker and she belonged to the American Legion Post 381, Fontana. She...
Elva Jean Walker
Oct 13, 2009
Elva Jean Walker, 79, died Oct. 13, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 19, 1930, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Willard and Elsie Cooper Lowrey. She grew up in Hutchinson. She and her husband lived in Olathe from 1977 to 1987, then moved back to Hutchinson in 1987. She attended Hutchinson schools. She worked at the school's...
Ramon Antonio "Ray" Webster
Oct 12, 2009
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. - Ramon Antonio "Ray" Webster, 41, died October 12, 2009, in Kannapolis, N.C. He was born May 8, 1968, in Caracus, Venezuela, to Jon and Nelly Webster. He had previously lived in Hutchinson and Denver. He had attended Buhler Schools and was a 1987 graduate of Hutchinson High School. He had served one term in the U.S. Navy....
Gwen L. Andsager
Oct 11, 2009
Gwen L. Andsager, 82, died Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born June 29, 1927, in Zenith to Edgar and Mildred Hartnett Zongker. She was a 1945 graduate of Stafford High School and attended Cottey and Emporia State Colleges. She was a homemaker, school teacher and billing clerk with city of South Hutchinson for 14 years,...
Lee Ridge
Oct 10, 2009
Lee Ridge, 55, died Oct. 10, 2009, in Poteau, Okla. He was born July 21, 1954, in Dodge City, to Richard and Sara Carter Ridge. A resident of Hutchinson since 2000, coming from Dodge City, he worked for Mid States Supply. In Feb. 2001, he married Terri Walline in Hutchinson. She survives. Other survivors include: a son, Matthew Ridge, and...
Charles T. Mccoy, M.D.
Oct 9, 2009
Charles Thomas McCoy, M.D., 93, died Oct. 9, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center. He was born Aug. 2, 1916, at home in Partridge, to William Ross and Mary Etta Friend McCoy. His mother was a schoolteacher and his father a farmer. He was of Scotch, Irish, and German ancestry. He had a total of 20 years of schooling, plus...
Orlean K. Neufeld
Oct 8, 2009
Orlean K. Neufeld, 89, died October 8, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born December 9, 1919, in Okeene, OK the daughter of Fred and Esther Herbel Geis. She was graduate of Durham High School. A Hutchinson resident since 1940 moving from Durham, KS, she was a homemaker and a member of First Congregational Church. On December 6, 1946...
Mary J. Haen
Oct 7, 2009
Mary J. Haen, 56, died Oct. 7, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 9, 1952, in Hutchinson, to Bill J. and Charolean Willis Haen. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1970, then graduated from Sidney's Hairdressing College, and attended Hutchinson Community College. A lifelong resident of Hutchinson, she had worked as a secretary for...
Lola A. Green
Oct 6, 2009
Lola A. Green, 83, died Oct. 6, 2009, at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers. She was born Aug. 24, 1926, Dighton, to Gustave Bruno and Anna Louise Bulk Weide. She graduated in 1944, from Yates Center High School. She was a homemaker and a retired cook at the former Liberty Junior High School. She belonged to the First Church of...
Billy R. Stiebens
Oct 5, 2009
Billy Ralph Stiebens, 73, died Monday, Oct. 5, 2009, at his home. He was born June 9, 1936, at Frederick, Oklahoma the son of Ralph and Nellie Viola "Bobbie" Ulrich Stiebens. On June 16, 1955, he married Carlene Buchanan at Pueblo, Colo. She survives. Other survivors include: two sons, Johnny Ralph, McPherson, and Timothy Paul and his wife Diana, Hutchinson;...
Archie Benjamin Carlile
Oct 4, 2009
Archie Carlile, 83, died Oct. 4, 2009 at his home in Hutchinson. He was born April 17, 1926 in Cheney to Jacob Powell and Fannie Mae Wright Carlile. He was an auto mechanic at Cheney Chevrolet, then a mechanic and gas plant operator at Peoples Natural Gas Company in Cheney. On April 17, 1948 he married Wilma Adean Suiter in...
Doris J. Ankerholz
Oct 4, 2009
Doris J. Ankerholz, 78, died Oct. 4, 2009, at her home, South Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 25, 1931, in Nickerson, to Orville and Mariah Burgin Risley. She graduated from Nickerson High School in 1950. A lifetime Reno County resident, she was a homemaker and cake baker. She belonged to the South Hutchinson United Methodist Church, and T.O.P.S. On May...
Alvin Hartman
Oct 4, 2009
Alvin Hartman, 95, died Oct. 4, 2009, at Elm Grove Estates, Hutchinson. He was born June 2, 1914, in Alfred, N.D., to Ludwig and Pauline Klein Hartman. A resident of Hutchinson since 1968, he was a retired maintenance employee for U.S.D. No. 308 Hutchinson Public Schools. On May 18, 1941, he married Adeline Doris Sedler in Rothsay, Minn. She died...
Goldie Honomichl
Oct 4, 2009
Goldie Honomichl, 82, died Oct. 4, 2009, at Golden Plains Health Care Center. She was born May 19, 1927, in Galva, to Frank B. and Lena Boehs Wedel. She grew up on a farm near Little River and moved to Hutchinson in 1971. She attended schools in Little River. She graduated from Stewarts Beauty Academy, Salina, and she received a...
Carl Edward Schwartzkopf
Oct 3, 2009
Carl Schwartzkopf, 95, died October 3, 2009 at Mennonite Friendship Manor, South Hutchinson. He was born May 14, 1914 in Alexander to Philip and Mary George Schwartzkopf. On August 4, 1934 he married Delores Kueffer in Alexander, KS. She died June 13, 2009. A resident of Wichita since 1941, he taught one year at Timken, KS, then worked at Cessna...
Marjorie Wingfield
Oct 2, 2009
Marjorie Wingfield, 94, passed away Oct. 2, 2009, at Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born April 8, 1915, in Haviland, Ks, the daughter of Samuel and Rinda Massey Williams. She spent her childhood in Haviland and moved to Hutchinson in 1936. She married Vern Wingfield on Dec. 12, 1936, in Haviland. He passed away Oct. 8, 2006. They spent 12...
Milo Calvin Hill
Oct 1, 2009
Milo Calvin Hill, 85, died October 1, 2009 at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. He was born August 23, 1924 in Smith County, KS the son of Emery Bert and Dovie Marie (House) Hill. A 1942 graduate of Portis High School, Portis, KS Milo was a proud veteran of the U.S. Navy serving in the Pacific 3rd Fleet on the U.S.S....
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